Afghan landslide kills at least 350

More than 2,000 missing after side of cliff buries 300 homes

By AMIR SHAH AND RAHIM FAIEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: May 3, 2014 at 2:38 a.m.

AHMAD ZUBAIR
Credit: AP
Rescuers in Afghanistan search for survivors Friday after a rain-soaked cliff tumbled down, burying much of a remote village in the country’s northeast. Afghan and United Nations officials said at least 350 people were killed and more than 2,000 are missing.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain buried large sections of a remote northeastern Afghan village on Friday, killing at least 350 people and leaving more than 2,000 missing.